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New mission president assignments have been announced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The 123 new presidents and their wives will assume their new positions in locations around the world in July 2017.
The announcements were made this week by the Church’s First Presidency. The mission presidents serve for three years. The following list has been provided by LDS.org.
MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT
AFRICA SOUTHEAST AREA
Republic of Congo Brazzaville
Elie K. Monga
To be announced
South Africa Cape Town
Steven J. Merrill
Thabo Lebethoa
South Africa Johannesburg
Michael A. Dunn
Dane O. Leavitt
MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT
AFRICA WEST AREA
Benin Cotonou
Pierre-Paul Morin
Martin Goury
Cote d’Ivoire Abidjan
Marc Sahy
To be announced
Ghana Accra
David L. Heid
Trevor T. Keyes
Ghana Cape Coast
R. Scott Stevenson
To be announced
Liberia Monrovia
Arvid A. Carlson
Doug Clark
Nigeria Port Harcourt
Anthony M. Kaku
Eugene N. Engmann
MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT
ASIA NORTH AREA
Japan Kobe
Phillip K. Welch
Shane D. Smoot
Japan Sapporo
Hirofumi Nakatsuka
Russell L. McClure
Japan Sendai
Jeffrey R. Smith
Osamu Sekiguchi
Korea Busan
Kenneth S. Barrow
Dong Hwan Jeong
Micronesia Guam
John S. Zarbock
To be announced
MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT
BRAZIL AREA
Brazil Brasilia
Mark C. Lundgren
Flávio A. Cooper
Brazil Florianopolis
Ramilfo E. Silva
Mauro Gonçalves
Brazil Fortaleza
Gilberto Bonini Ribeiro
Kent R. Chamberlain
Brazil Maceio
Henrique Gomes Junior
Mark W. Taylor
Brazil Manaus
Rui B. Castro
Jose Caetano de Morais
Brazil Recife
Rory C. Bigelow
Richard M. Houseman
Brazil Rio de Janeiro
Marcos Cabral
Júlio César Kern
Brazil Salvador
David T. Lisonbee
David W. Lazenby
Brazil São Paulo Interlagos
Loren G. Dalton
Kenneth D. Cordner
Brazil São Paulo North
Timothy L. Farnes
Edson D. G. Ribeiro
Brazil São Paulo South
Phillip E. Broadbent
Pedro Acosta
Brazil Vitoria
David E. Young
Junior Mazzagardi
MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT
CARIBBEAN AREA
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo East
Ahmad S. Corbitt
Bret G. Smith
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo West
James H. Nuckols
Jose M. Santos
Puerto Rico San Juan
K. Bruce Boucher
To be announced
MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT
CENTRAL AMERICA AREA
El Salvador San Salvador East
Bruno E. Vásquez Robles
Favio Durán
El Salvador Santa Ana
Ronald L. Spjut
Clarence L. Kelley
Guatemala Guatemala City Central
Melvin G. Markham
Casey B. Cluff
Guatemala Guatemala City East
David J. Crapo
Stephen K. Christensen
Guatemala Guatemala City South
E. J. Caffaro
Lee M. Shumway
Guatemala Quetzaltenango
Rick L. Smith
Alirio Díaz
Honduras Tegucigalpa
Kendle Bowler
Stephen C. Chase
MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT
EUROPE AREA
Adriatic North
David J. Grant
David M. Melonakos
Adriatic South
Louis Weidmann
Brent D. Rawson
Alpine German-Speaking
D. Brian Kohler
Christopher S. Brown
Cape Verde Praia
Robert P. Mathews
Julio de Amo
England Manchester
Mark D. Ulrich
Stuart N. McReynolds
Finland Helsinki
Wayne T. Watson
Ilkka Aura
France Paris
Frédéric J. Babin
Paul J. Sorensen
Germany Frankfurt
Ronald A. Stoddard
Jake Boyer
România/Moldova
Clark D. Ivory
Kyle B. Hettinger
Sweden Stockholm
James E. Beckstrand
To be announced
MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT
EUROPE EAST AREA
Baltic
David P. Harding
Hal G. Anderson
Central Eurasian
James A. Toronto
Stephen R. Davis
Russia Novosibirsk
Michael G. Williams
Stephen E. Lamb
Russia St Petersburg
Larry G. Childs
Kirill Pokhil’ko
Ukraine Kyiv
Kenneth B. Packer
Edwin C. Kumferman
MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT
MÉXICO AREA
México México City Southeast
E. Keith Stutznegger
Lindsay K. Mann
México Oaxaca
Lynn R. Madsen
Felix Conde Beltrán
México Puebla South
John M. Stellmon
Jonathan Alcalá Ibañez
México Tijuana
Jorge A. García
Jesús Cepeda
México Torreón
J. Alejandro Ramos Rivera
Kent A. McBeth
México Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Arley H. George
Kevin V. Doman
México Veracruz
Daniel Córdova
Greg Palmer
México Xalapa
Mathew C. Greer
Mark A. Richey
MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT
NORTH AMERICA CENTRAL AREA
Colorado Colorado Springs
Dennis E. Rehm
Daniel K. Stevenson
Colorado Denver North
Brent M Mendenhall
Henry Scott Savage
Minnesota Minneapolis
Stephen W. Forbes
Carey S. Barney
Missouri Independence
Randy J. Vest
Adams J. Love
MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT
NORTH AMERICA NORTHEAST AREA
Michigan Lansing
Michael V. Jacobsen
Sterling A. Brennan
New Jersey Morristown
Paul S. Taggart
Paul W. Hess
Ohio Columbus
O. Nolan Daines
Val T. Stratford
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh
Bradley K. Johnson
Steven C. Bednar
West Virginia Charleston
Paul W. Salisbury
Michael J. Lindhardt
MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT
NORTH AMERICA NORTHWEST AREA
Alaska Anchorage
Eldon R. Robinson
Lance D. Toone
Canada Vancouver
Ronald P. Burt
Chi Hong (Sam) Wong
Oregon Eugene
H. Jeff Russell
Dale S. Orton
Oregon Portland
Craig B. Ballard
Jonathan W. Bullen
Washington Tacoma
John D. Blatter
L. Scott Leishman
MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT
NORTH AMERICA SOUTHEAST AREA
Arkansas Little Rock
Taniela B. Wakolo
Norman E. Hansen
Florida Fort Lauderdale
Douglas M. Richardson
Jerryl L. Garns
Georgia Atlanta North
John E. Bennion
Scott C. Marsh
Kentucky Louisville
R. Larry Brough
Daniel R. Hughes
Louisiana Baton Rouge
Reed H. Hansen
Ross Varner
South Carolina Columbia
Judd A. Turner
Weston R. Innes
Tennessee Knoxville
Steven P. Griffin
David J. Pickett
MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT
NORTH AMERICA SOUTHWEST AREA
Arizona Phoenix
Spencer Griffin
Sean F. D. Collins
Arizona Tucson
David Passey
Eric L. Browning
Nevada Las Vegas
D. Jack Snow
Richard G. Youngblood
Texas Dallas
Brian K. Taylor
John C. Dalton
Texas Houston
Mark A. Mortensen
Jordan P. Peterson
Texas Houston East
Dennis Drake
Spencer C. Hewlett
Texas Lubbock
David Heap
David G. Hales
MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT
NORTH AMERICA WEST AREA
California Anaheim
Steven W. Taggart
David R. Golden
California Arcadia
Moisés Villanueva
David S. Wells
California Fresno
Jeffrey D. Clark
Bart P. Mackay
California Riverside
John H. Mullen
Darrel L. Hammon
California Roseville
Michael F. Marston
Jack D. Ward
California Sacramento
Bruce D. Jardine
Scott L. Hymas
California San Diego
Jonathan S. Schmitt
Mark D. Stubbs
California San Jose
Glen D. Mella
M. Truman Hunt
California Ventura
Dell C. Felix
David H. Nakken
MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT
PACIFIC AREA
Australia Sydney South
Darrell K. Back
To be announced
Fiji Suva
LaMar L. Layton
John R. Higgins
New Zealand Auckland
Frederick K. Balli Jr.
J. Alan Walker
New Zealand Wellington
Roger C. Hudson
Newman N. Soloai
Tahiti Papeete
Pierre Bize
Steven R. Fox
MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT
PHILIPPINES AREA
Philippines Angeles
Scott B. Clark
Robert C. Johnson
Philippines Cebu
Terry C. McCurdy
Abenir V. Pajaro
Philippines Davao
Efren M. Lamoglia
Pedro U. Adduru
Philippines Manila
Creg D. Ostler
Michael J. Fermanis
Philippines Olongapo
Dennis V. Dahle
Ruel E. Lacanienta
Philippines Quezon City North
Kim C. Bertin
Stewart F. Hughes
Philippines San Pablo
Bart A. Mangum
Douglas K. Davies
Philippines Tacloban
Wayne E. Maurer
Eduardo M. Argana
MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT
SOUTH AMERICA NORTHWEST AREA
Bolivia Cochabamba
Mark W. Hansen
Enrique Montoya Quiroz
Colombia Cali
Sergio Prícoli
Ray P. Whitesides
Ecuador Guayaquil North
William J. Riggins
Ángel H. Alarcón
Ecuador Quito
Roger G. Christensen
Steven C. Barlow
Perú Chiclayo
Mark L. Williams
Winsor Balderrama Sejas
Perú Lima East
John W. Boswell III
Daniel Puerta Amato
Venezuela Caracas
Fernando Vivas Calderón
Mario G. Rengel
MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT
SOUTH AMERICA SOUTH AREA
Argentina Buenos Aires West
David P. Robertson
Enrique Resek
Argentina Mendoza
Kevin R. Goates
Fernando E. Panzacchi
Argentina Resistencia
Rodolfo C. Franco
Alejandro S. Patanía
Argentina Rosario
Francisco J. Zanni
Steven G. Allred
Argentina Salta
Ariel Chaparro
Juan L. Orquera
Chile Santiago North
Rene O. Videla Riveros
Jeffrey D. Meservy
UTAH SALT LAKE CITY AREA
Utah Salt Lake City Headquarters
Warren G. Tate
TBA
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